| Show J NERO POWERFUL t AS JIM JEFFRIES When Johnson Fought Km ni n the Colored Man His Strength 1 t it San Francisco Nov Noy On J c is 1 In InI I J w of oC manner In I whIch or ot th the critics tt t have havo viewed the tho barons sub subdued I dued proportIons It Is also risky I no douht to hazl hazard d an opinion on f such a when ono one hat has no not seen seon f the reduced and rejuvenated J ln In th flesh Candor how however er compol the tho writ writer er to say th at up photos R or of Uw tho big follow do not convoy coner the ili Impression ot of a Or a man ill i I have betoTe me two I or of In his old days das and ono one ju d at Coopers vm m In InIn In Nov New york It Il Is a case o of look on this picture 4 and then on that In the ono taken In the old years JeffrIes resembles Atlas temporarily relieved of his glob a War ular burden A thick tumble o or dark darl hair Surmounts a resolute face and j j hero Is a threatening snap In h hi h 1 bla k eyes His frame Is 18 a marvel manol J 1 or Of development his shoulders if looming up lIke Inverted salad I In the Rte picture or of the tho thoI I big muscles I if tho they n do not show bow to an any extent iRs shoulder hummock have flattened his scalp 4 j gleams through his spare hair and the th face faco Is that o of n a man on whom I I f I middle age ase has set Il mark markt t Tho Is benIgn 1 rather than brutish UlO tho expression or of orn ofa n a man who has grown kInd after ator ha hay haying i Ing lived a tempestuous existence While one does docs not have to strain he imagination to recognize that the two are one person the mark marke 4 e l cha changes s that whore thore thero it If such a vast st difference in appear 1 there must of necessity ho be dire dif In other ways Th situation Is i a athing athing thing that tha calls for all nU that a critic I has of oC frankness In Johnson we have havo havet t 1 man Dlan who has made mado all co arl look hook like hike novices one who Is such a wonderful performer that It has become necessary to yank ank an un t licked champion out of retirement tu tuan a aan an opponent nt for him There never nevor Was va aCMe a case hike it In the history of pugilism and In all there I er will ho hc again Hard Hurd to Pick Winner j n 0 the present prese t article I am lag Ing m myself to a comparison of the bOdily stud studying ring of oC the two great rl ri ala After studying those now nos plc pic Lures of Jeff I have havo m my as to whether the tho whIte while man will be bc able to crush the negro I know what Jeff was ia other I saw him l take hold bold of Shar Sharkey Sharkey key in their first and hake him a a sh shakes keH an unruly child It was a of strength we had all looked forward to We Ve had Been tearing around ho ring with Jim and Referee Frank Carr clinging to his neck ug s a of hoboes to lo the o of a When hon Jeff Sharkey were thatch thatched ed wo we wondered who would be the stronger the sailor or the tho or and tho questIon was settled in Joffries favor faor the tho instant the nay navy champion tried to assort In n a That was va 12 or 1 years ears ag ago and andI I doubt whether the of today will wUl bo be able ablo to take li orUe with I think In fact that tho sooner the l Ulan that the negro is a ng inan man in ad diLlon to lo being 11 boxer the sooner wo we will 1 bo 0 able to got get it a correct line on the tho coming encounter Whatever may bo be said o of Jeff JelY the tho negro is In his prIme His sh ln ha have not begun tt to flatten And he is as litho a 13 a panther When exercising with dumb von OU can get nn an Idea of his work In tills this line from the Johnson throws his arms around and brings his back and chest muscles Into Play In a way war that SUb sug suggests n a boa constrictor I have Wen seen him throw stron strong boys bos like Frank Childs and Sam around at will In the clinches and I have always s been Impressed with his great lifting strength Johnson Not Afraid of Jeff Johnson said on arrival from AustralIa that Jeff viewed from the strong man point had no terrors for him This caused some of ofus us to watch the black man mall more close chose Iy when ho boxed Kaufman and Kitch oh cl Jn In the tho pulling nn and hauling bIg Kauman Kaufman for all his fore forc forearms arms was bent hent this way and that nt at atwill will b by the tho powerful negro As A for Ketchel It was ludicrous to see CO John Johnson son Ion picking him up swinging him around and planting him on his feet teet teetH It H so 50 long ago that It was written that Jeffries In most o of his encounters was of exerting hIs 1118 full th for for fear of killing his Hero Here Is an affair r In which I think he be divest himself of wI all wraps and cut loose with every overy ounce of force orco he possesses There Is little danger o of his being for mur muir dor der I |
